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However, Cllr Smith, the city's executive councillor for streets and open spaces, feels the project is exciting, and hopes the public willl find it thouight-provoking.

She said: “It’s exciting to see the final designs for the Cambridge Rules artwork. The project, with its international reach, is designed to be a fitting reminder of the part that the city played in creating the modern sport of football which travelled from Parker’s Piece to every corner of the globe.

Alan Ward, left, and Neville Gabie

“Neville Gabie and Alan Ward’s work was clearly the most popular concept with the public in our consultation in 2014, and with our Public Art Panel.

"While no challenging work of art will ever be universally well-received, we hope that this thoughtful, creative and appropriate monument will prove popular and thought-provoking with many residents, and visitors to Cambridge from around the world."

The Cambridge Rules sculpture

Funding for the sculpture, which is due to be in place next year, has come from a fund made up of contributions from developers.

The block will be split in to nine sections, four of them remaining on Parker's Piece and the other five being sent off to other countries around the world to emphasize how the game has spread globally.